This second edition of Mastering the Inner Skills of Psychotherapy presents deliberate practice exercises that help professionals and trainees develop the resilience and flexibility they need to be good therapists.
Clients often arouse strong emotional reactions in therapists. Sometimes this is termed experiential avoidance or countertransference. Therapists must work hard to build their psychological capacity to stay self-aware, attuned, and clinically flexible even as they experience strong responses to their clients' words and actions.
This book provides clear and practical deliberate practice exercises to help readers identify, develop, and master the inner skills necessary to be effective therapists. It features a clear and concise training plan that is based on the principles of deliberate practice. The plan can be adapted for use with all major models of psychotherapy, and it can serve as a lifeline for psychotherapists at all levels of experience, from trainees to seasoned professionals.
Prologue to the 2nd Edition
Forwards
Part I: The Training Plan
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Case Example
Chapter 3: Psychological Capacity
Chapter 4: Stimuli for Deliberate Practice
Chapter 5: Principles of Training
Chapter 6: Training Safely
Part II: Deliberate Practice Exercises
Exercise : Observe Your Reactions To Psychological Stimuli
Exercise 2: Attention Control
Exercise 3: Simultaneous Self-Observation and Client Engagement
Part III: Advanced Deliberate Practice Exercises
Exercise 4: Psychological Self-Recovery
Exercise 5: Interval Training
Exercise : Customize Your Deliberate Practice
Part IV: Training Strategy
Chapter 7: Track Your Progress
Chapter 8: Common Challenges and Solutions
Chapter 9: Personal Development for Therapists
Chapter 10: Looking Forward
Part V: Resources
Appendix A: Deliberate Practice Exercise Form
Appendix B: Customizing DP Exercises Form
Appendix C: Sample Videos
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